How to Make Delicious Coffee Date Slice
Coffee Date Slice is a great frugal recipe that is easy to whip up for afternoon tea. Coffee and Date together may sound like a strange combination – but it is totally delicious. The sweetness of the dates and the crisp coffee icing is a match made in heaven!
Coffee Date Slice
36
servings10
minutes15
minutes250
kcal25
minutesSweet, chewy, and packed with coffee and date flavour, this slice is the ideal pick-me-up. Great with your afternoon cuppa or as a lunchbox treat—just a few ingredients and you’ve got a coffee shop snack at home.
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Ingredients
2 cups Self Raising Flour
1 cup Brown Sugar
150 g Butter diced
1 cup Dates pitted and chopped
1 Egg lightly beaten
1 cup Milk
- Coffee Icing
1.5 cups Icing Sugar
2 tbsp Butter softened
2 tsp Coffee
2 tbsp Milk
Directions
- Dissolve coffee in 1 tablespoon boiling water, mix with all ingredients in a small bowl until smooth.
- Preheat oven to 180 degrees.
- Sift flour into bowl, add brown sugar. Add diced butter and rub together with flour and sugar. It should resemble breadcrumbs. This will take about 5 minutes.
- Line a slice tray with baking paper.
- Place half the flour, sugar and butter mix in the slice tray.
- Press into base with your hands to smooth. Yes it’s fine, this will cook and set keep going.
- Now with remaining flour mix add dates, milk and egg mix together with wooden spoon.
- Pour evenly over the base.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes until lightly golden brown.
- Once cooled ice with coffee icing and slice.
Notes
- Coffee Date Slice is suitable for freezing for up to 6 months or keep in an airtight container for up to 1 week.
- Replace the coffee with brown sugar to change to caramel icing for the kids.
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